Last night Heidie and I were watching a Movie on the Angel 2 network entitled "The Perfect Gift". The story was about a drifter who comes to this town and meets an associate pastor and offers to build a nativity set for him on the churches property. He befriends a girl named Max (Maxine) and helps her understand what Christmas is really all about. Max's mother works for a company who was having a holiday party but who wanted to be politically correct by calling it a winter gala. After the nativity set was built, some guys show up telling the associate pastor that they had to remove it because it was against the codes to erect it in a business zone. It was torn down by some men from this political group. But folks from the town came by and saw it was down and rebuilt it. A town meeting was held to determine it's future. The guy from the group who wanted it down challenged the people saying their beliefs weren't as important as the money for the fine was. Max took money she got from her grandmother and laid on the table. She was followed by everyone in the room including some members from the council. They took a stand to defend their rights to have that nativity on the church's property.
If it wasn't for the fact that this is going on today at many places all over the country, it would have been just another great story. But the fact is that is does happen and it seems to be increasing all the time. It is called being "politically correct". We are being told we need to be politically correct when it comes to all sorts of things. We are redefining terms because they might be construed as an offense to this group or that group. People that are short are now called vertically challenged. People that are on welfare are economically challenged and so on and so forth. The list goes on and new terms are being added all the time. Our religious freedoms are being eroded and taken away because a small minority don't like religion. They are opposed to it and are trying to force us to be quiet about ours. Actually, I should say that they are opposed to Christianity. Most of them don't care about any other religion but focus on trying to remove Christianity from every vestige of society. The problem is that our nation was founded on biblical principles and God was a central theme. All you need to do is simply read what our founding forefathers wrote time and time again. The ACLU wants to force us to be quiet and become politically correct. I do not know about you, but I think it is time we stopped caving in to their wishes and take a stand. We need to let our little light shine as we sung many times as children. We need to stop being politically correct and be spiritually correct instead. I was told a cross on my deck was offensive and I should remove it. Guess what? It is still there. I might take it down one day but only to replace it with a new one. Let's not worry about what man thinks about our views and beliefs but lets be more concerned what God thinks! We know the truth and we need to get it out. Remember the whole reason we have Christmas is because many years ago God came to this earth as a baby and we celebrate that birth once again!
Remember I said about Max's mother and the company she worked for? She was challenged herself by Max and took a stand and won out with the company. They called it a Christmas party after all! Max learned about true Christmas because of the drifter. You will have to get the movie to see who that drifter was. Even the associate pastor found new courage to start a church were the real truth could be shared. Who was the drifter? Get the movie! It is well worth it! Merry Christmas
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